diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld.cdtest/cdtest.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld.cdtest/cdtest.exp
index b6535c4783..127e184519 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld.cdtest/cdtest.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld.cdtest/cdtest.exp
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ set objects "$tmpdir/cdtest-main.o $tmpdir/cdtest-func.o $tmpdir/cdtest-foo.o"
 
 verbose "### Compiling dependant objects\n"
 
-ld_compile $CXX $srcdir/$subdir/cdtest-foo.cc $tmpdir/cdtest-foo.o
-ld_compile $CXX $srcdir/$subdir/cdtest-func.cc $tmpdir/cdtest-func.o
-ld_compile $CXX $srcdir/$subdir/cdtest-main.cc $tmpdir/cdtest-main.o
+ld_compile "$CXX $CXXFLAGS" $srcdir/$subdir/cdtest-foo.cc $tmpdir/cdtest-foo.o
+ld_compile "$CXX $CXXFLAGS" $srcdir/$subdir/cdtest-func.cc $tmpdir/cdtest-func.o
+ld_compile "$CXX $CXXFLAGS" $srcdir/$subdir/cdtest-main.cc $tmpdir/cdtest-main.o
 
 #
 # main test loop
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ foreach test [glob -nocomplain $srcdir/$subdir/*.dat] {
     
     # load (execute) the target 	
     if ![file exists $tmptarget] then {
-	unresolved "$tmptarget doesn't exist." $result
+	unresolved "$tmptarget doesn't exist. $result"
     } else {
 	catch "exec $tmptarget > $tmptarget.out" exec_output